Yelizovo

For the urban-type settlement in Belarus, see Yalizava.

Yelizovo (Russian: Е́лизово) is a town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on the Avacha River 32 kilometers (20 mi) northwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky with a population of 39,569 (2010 Census);^[3]

Yelizovo Елизово
Town[1]
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Coordinates: 53°11′N 158°23′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kamchatka Krai
Founded	1848
Town status since	1975[2]
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	39,569
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
• Capital of	Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Yelizovsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Yelizovskoye Urban Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Yelizovsky Municipal District,[4] Yelizovskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+12 (MSK+9 [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	684000
OKTMO ID	30607101001
Website	admelizovo.ru

History

Founded in 1848 as the selo of Stary Ostrog (Ста́рый Остро́г), it was renamed Zavoyko (Заво́йко) in 1897, after the Russian admiral Vasily Zavoyko who led the defense of Petropavlovsk in 1854. The village was renamed Yelizovo in 1924.^[2] Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1964, and town status was granted in 1975.^[7]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yelizovo serves as the administrative center of Yelizovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.^[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated as Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Yelizovskoye Urban Settlement within Yelizovsky Municipal District.^[4]

Demographics

Ethnic composition (2010):^[3]

• Russians – 89.4%
• Ukrainians – 3.5%
• Koreans – 1.5%
• Tatars – 0.6%
• Belarusians – 0.6%
• Others – 4.4%

The town has a small population of Korean people who were descended from North Korean contract workers from 1946.^[8]

Transportation and infrastructure

The town's most notable claim to fame is serving as the host for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, the largest airport on Kamchatka. A major Soviet space telemetry station, NIP-6, was also located nearby.

In Yelizovo, there is a long-wave broadcasting station with a 255 metres (837 ft) tall ARRT-Antenna.

References

Notes

1. Law #46
2. Историческая справка
3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
4. Law #255
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
7. "Главная".
8. Doo, Rumy (October 26, 2017). "Documentary spotlights Koreans on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula". The Korea Herald. Retrieved October 13, 2023.

Sources

• Законодательное Собрание Камчатского края. Закон №46 от 29 апреля 2008 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Камчатского края», в ред. Закона №659 от 30 июля 2015 г. «О внесении изменения в статью 5 Закона Камчатского края "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Камчатского края"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Официальные Ведомости", №65-69, 6 мая 2008 г. (Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai. Law #46 of April 29, 2008 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kamchatka Krai, as amended by the Law #659 of July 30, 2015 On Amending Article 5 of the Law of Kamchatka Krai "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kamchatka Krai". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Совет народных депутатов Камчатской области. Закон №255 от 29 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований, расположенных на територии Елизовского района Камчатской области, и о наделении их статусом муниципального района, городского, сельского поселения», в ред. Закона №712 от 7 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Камчатской области "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований, расположенных на територии Елизовского района Камчатской области, и о наделении их статусом муниципального района, городского, сельского поселения"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Официальные Ведомости", №3–4, 20 января 2005 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Kamchatka Oblast. Law #255 of December 29, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Located on the Territory of Yelizovsky District of Kamchatka Oblast and on Grantig Them the Status of a Municipal District, Urban, Rural Settlement, as amended by the Law #712 of December 7, 2015 On Amending the Law of Kamchatka Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Located on the Territory of Yelizovsky District of Kamchatka Oblast and on Grantig Them the Status of a Municipal District, Urban, Rural Settlement". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

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